An Ariane 5 rocket launched from the Guiana Space Centre placed France's new Syracuse 4A military telecommunications satellite in low orbit on 22 October.

Seventeen allies signed a letter of intent (LOI) to develop the EUR1 billion (nearly USD1.2 billion) NATO Innovation Fund on the second day of a 21–22 October defence...

South Korea and Indonesia are edging closer to an agreement about Jakarta's financial commitment to the programme to develop the KF-21 Boramae multirole fighter...

The US Air Force (USAF) has begun operational trials of the Boeing F-15EX Eagle II multirole combat aircraft, with flights launched out of Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) in...

General Mark Kelly, Air Combat Command (ACC) chief, and an important US Air Force (USAF) officer, anticipates requirements for a possible new Advanced Tactical Trainer...

The US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps (USMC) are sharpening Expeditionary Advance Base Operations (EABOs) concepts in the Pacific with existing platforms and units,...

Amentum plans to bolster its intelligence and technology portfolio by acquiring fellow US government services provider PAE for USD1.9 billion in cash, the two companies...

Kyrgyzstan is procuring the Bayraktar TB2 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from Turkey's Baykar Defence, according to an announcement made by Kamchybek Tashiev,...

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has simulated a range of Russian-made surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems during Exercise ‘Blue Flag 21', the biennial multinational event...

The self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) announced in its official gazette on 14 October that it had decided to lease an area of 140,002 m2 on the...

US President Joe Biden said on 21 October that the United States is committed to defending Taiwan if the island were to be attacked by China.

Australia has handed over the third of four Guardian-class patrol boats built for the Maritime Element of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) as part of...

Senior US Army leaders are girding themselves for a series of potentially painful divestitures of legacy network communication platforms and systems to clear the way for...

US Army leaders spearheading efforts to revamp the service's legacy combat network are working through interoperability challenges linked to the Pentagon's Mission...

Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen has approved the Finnish Defence Forces' request to procure five more K9 155 mm self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) in 2022, the...

A UK Royal Navy (RN) Wildcat HMA2 helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) has completed the first in-service firing of the Thales Martlet laser-guided anti-surface...

The United Kingdom has completed the upgrade of its earliest Boeing Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, the manufacturer announced on 22 October.

Bell has rolled out the first of 12 AH-1Z Viper for Bahrain, handing the attack helicopter over to the US Naval Air Systems Command ahead of delivery to the Gulf kingdom...

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has issued a tender in support of a project to provide through-life sustainment for the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) three...

Indonesia is seeking greater autonomy from Airbus in the manufacturing process for the CN235 twin-turboprop aircraft.